Plasticized magnetic starch-based Fe₃O₄ clay polymer nanocomposites for phosphate adsorption from aqueous solution.

ABSTRACT: Plastics contribute a magnificent role to modern civilization, but the waste becomes a huge burden to ecology and remains intact for a thousand years. Hence, the recent movement is shifted to biodegradable plastic. In this study, an attempt was made to introduce an added value to the environment where the bio-plasticized materials were used for phosphate removal. A G-plasticized magnetic starch-based Fe₃O₄ clay polymer nanocomposite (PNC) was synthesized to remove phosphate from the aqueous solution. It was synthesized from activated carbon (AC), coated iron oxide nanoparticles (CIONP), nanoclay (NC), and glycerol (G) as a plasticizer. The synthesized adsorbents were characterized with UV-Vis, SEM, XRD, and FTIR. The PNC and constituent (CIONP) were tested for phospha

SUBMITTER: Atnafu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449030 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature